Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-06-23
CEREDo MAYNE co, w. vA. THURsDAY JUNE 2a. lss7.

times the mother whose only son
had gone down beneath the rain of
shot and shell; sometimes the maid
en- fair whose lover had been swept
from his saddle.bow by a bullet
through his brain: sometimes the
gedcrous woman whose love for the
cause led her to make this great
sacrifice, but there was always
present the sweet.faccd sister of
charity.
have seen the fair hand of wo-
man wipe the death damp from a
loved comrades brow; have seen in
the hospital the Sister of Charity.
her lips worn thin with ccaselcss
prayer for the rcposc of the souls
of the dead, move noiselessly from
cot to cot, speaking low, soft mu.
seal word of hope here, adjusting n
oandage there, and | know, as do
my comrades, that IL was a woman's
voice, n woman's hand that charmed
back from the very jaws of death
The lives of Thousands who are with
us to-day.
Aye, the veteran OF the TO day re
members the devotion of these no
pic women. Upon bended knees
he offers heart and hand to their
service with the grateful words:
81 who found favor at thy sovereign bnnd,
his, them, aud nj thy feet lay these for
Nor did their loving Offices cease
with the war. They saw that there
were thousands Of widows and or.
phans struggling with poverty be-
cause the husband and father never
returned. So they organized the
Womans Relief Corps aud are still
rendering services that mere money
cannot buy, in alleviating the sui.
7 ierings OF the widows and cducat
ing the orphans of deceased com.
rades who fell in battle. and those
who have since died i'm want be-
cause, on account Of some sheer
technicality, the pensions to which
they were entitled, were withheld
10y red tape and dclays-amounting
to denial of jus,icc,-in the pen.
son Office at Washington
The old soldier honors himself in
remembering with gratitude these
women; but we remember too, with
pride, and pleasure, and gratitude
those whom as lovely girls we kissed
goodbye when we shouldercd the
muskct or bucklcd on the sword
who sent us in the field loving mes
sages by every mail; who were
! glad6cned or saddencd as we were
the viciors or the vanquishcd; who,
/ with such loving tenderness watched
by our side when wounded or sick
We were sent back to the old home
to await recovery or death; who,
when the war was over, married
the bearded, bronzcd men who
went out as smoothed- faced boys.
and who have, since then, so blessed
our lives that once in their presence.
within the charmed circle Cf home.
surrounded 10y children who never
tire Of stories Of the four years war.
we forget the pcrils of the past and
thank God that we are not among
those who never returned.
n Rabbi of tho oldcn time said.
God could not be everywhere
and, therefore, he made mothers.v
Beautifully, grandly true as is this
sentiment in application to all
mothers; yet to the mothers who
sent their sons TO war, to the wives
OF 'Gl who were widows i'm 'CJ. 90
the daughters and sisters and sweet.
hearts OF a quarter ofa century ago.
to the loyal women Of the war, the
hearts Of all old soldiers are forever
turning with all the gratitude,
thanks, reverence, honor and love
Of theif souls, and for want Of bet
ter words we sum our benediction
up in plain, simple soldier phrase
and say God bless them all where.
ever their lot may be cast to-day.
With lavish, loving hand we have
to-day strewn with sweetest flow.
ers Of May the graves of comrades
in and around Kansas City. The
same ceremonies have been OBJ.
served, the same duty performed.
all over this broad land, from Maine
70 California, from the lakes to the
| Gulf
NOT only the graves Oi our own
/ dead, but the graves Of the Confcd.
crate dead, graves Of citizens Of
station high and low, graves Of men
and boys, graves Of noble matrons.
lovely maidens, innocent children
all have been remembered.
The custom has row become well
nigh universal IN This country. and
F. il is beautiful, tender and touching
way Of paying tribute 10 the memo.
\ - Of the dead
But in this simple beauty, this
loving tenderness; IN the forms and
ceremonies Of the day; in the semi.
martial parade with music and flag.
. do not forget that it means lsome.
thing
Those " no inauguraied this Gus
tom, in common with most Ameri.
can citizens, believed our form Of
I Government to he the best vet cs.
tablished by the wisdom and the
civilization Of man
Comrades who fell in the success.
i fol effort to Tcrpetuate this Govern.
mcnt, as well rs those who have
since passed away, did the full
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